"You Oughta Be in Pictures" is a 1934 song composed by the American songwriting team Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman.
[1] The song has been covered by numerous other singers, and is often used on the soundtrack of later productions set during the 1930s.
The cover of the sheet music also notes, "Introduced in the William Rowland production "New York Town" released by Columbia Pictures, Inc."[2][3] The singer compliments the female object of the song in multiple ways, eventually making a comparison to movie stars who had been popular at the time, including "Crawford" (Joan Crawford), "Davies" (Marion Davies), "Gaynor" (Janet Gaynor), "West" (Mae West), "Garbo" (Greta Garbo), and "Tashman" (Lilyan Tashman).
"You Oughta Be in Pictures" was used in the film, "Inside Daisy Clover."
The cover of "You Oughta Be in Pictures" by The Boswell Sisters was featured in Halloween Horror Nights 13.